Butch as a Wisconsin Badgers college basketball player |
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| Position | Center |
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| Height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| Weight | 240 lb (110 kg) |
| Team | Free Agent |
| Born | December 22, 1984 Appleton, Wisconsin |
| College | Wisconsin (2004–2008) |
| Draft | Undrafted, 2008 |
| Pro career | 2008–present |
| Career history | Giants Nördlingen (2008) Ilisiakos (2008-2009) Bakersfield Jam (2009-2010; 2011) |
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| Competitor for United States | ||
| Pan American Games | ||
| Bronze | 2011 Guadalajara | National team |
Brian Butch (born December 22, 1984) is an American professional basketball player. He was a center on the 2003 McDonald's All-American basketball team who later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison on a basketball scholarship. He was briefly a member of the Denver Nuggets of the NBA, although he never played any games for them.[1]
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He went to Appleton West High School, Butch was a two-time Wisconsin State Player of the Year by the Associated Press. He averaged 22.8 points and 10.1 rebounds as a senior, leading Appleton West High School to a 23-3 record and the Division 1 State Championship game in 2003. Butch is also Appleton West's all-time leading scorer with 1,431 points. He broke a 35-year old Wisconsin state tournament record by scoring 45 points in the quarterfinals, which was held at the University of Wisconsin–Madison's Kohl Center. Butch averaged 30.8 points in four games at the Kohl Center over his prep career.
Butch was later named a 2003 McDonald's All-American ("West" squad) where he shared the court with players such as LeBron James and Luol Deng. He scored 6 points and grabbed 7 rebounds in the nationally-televised contest. Ironically, considering basketball success, Butch's Appleton West Senior quote was, "LeBron who?".
Butch elected to redshirt his freshman year.
As a redshirt-freshman, Butch played in 27 games, averaging 9.7 minutes, 3.6 points, 2.5 rebounds, 0.2 assists, and 0.3 blocks. He missed six games with mononucleosis. He scored his then career-high 12 points versus Northwestern University and grabbed a career-high 9 rebounds versus University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Butch was named academic All-Big Ten.
As a redshirt-sophomore, Butch played in 31 games, averaging 9.9 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists, and 0.8 blocks. He scored a career-high 23 points and grabbed career high 12 rebounds vs. Penn State in the same game.
As a redshirt-junior, Butch played in 30 games before severely dislocating his elbow in a 49-48 loss to Ohio State on February 25, 2007. For the season, he averaged 8.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, 0.58 assists, and 0.5 blocks. He increased his career-high scoring mark to 27 points on December 16, 2006 in an 89-75 win versus then-ranked #2 University of Pittsburgh. The Big Ten conferences coaches selected Butch as All-Big Ten Honorable Mention.
As a senior, Brian Butch played in 36 games. For the season he averaged 12.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.8 blocks per game.
Butch was selected for USA Pan-American game trials in 2006.
In July 2008, Butch began playing Las Vegas summer league games for the Memphis Grizzlies in hopes of getting a contract with the team after going undrafted.
On December 9, 2008 Brian Butch was sought out by the Giants Nördlingen to fill a center position. Having played in one game since joining his new team he has scored 4 points and also had 9 rebounds in 24 minutes.[2][3]
Butch played in the Greek League with Ilisiakos in 3 games.[4]
In December 2009, Butch signed with the Bakersfield Jam of the D-League. As the Jam's starting center, Butch was awarded a spot on the D-League Western Conference All-Star team. Coming off the bench, he was named the All-Star Game's Most Valuable Player.
On April 4, 2010 Butch was signed by the Denver Nuggets.[5] On August 15, 2010, Butch was waived by Denver.
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